Loosely hatched drawing of Sophia Loren, done with a black Hybrid gel pen. It's on watercolour paper because I had intended to do an ink and wash, but I liked how the lips came out in the hatching, so I carried on the same way. I lose so much accuracy when I draw in something permanent - I really need to work on that! The cheeks need to be much wider, and the chin more slender. This took about 3 hours... I work gingerly with pen!

The reference photograph was taken by Sam Shaw, and is in his book "Sophia Loren: In the Camera's Eye", and that's a delightful book.